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Joe Meredith	hi nicey, my name's joe meredith right now i'm a first year at wadham college, oxford, and recently a few good friends of mine have formed a new society: the tea society. we meet on sundays at half past four, where we all have a cup of tea and whatever cakes and biscuits anyone brings along. it's open to allcomers, and we even made some nice posters to put up. we're aiming to bring a bit of calm to the often stuffy-and-uptight world of oxford uni, through the power of a cuppa. we'd just like to say that it's a very lovely site you have. keep up the great work. -joe
	Nicey replies: Well done, but you need to meet on a daily basis about 2 or 3 times at least.
Tricia Dearborn	Dear Nicey, One day while I was having a nice cup of tea the person I was talking to (who was not having one) asked if I minded if she dunked her biscuit into my tea. I found (a little to my surprise, because I'm not that finicky where food is concerned) that I did mind, and politely declined her request. It was the thought of someone else's soggy crumbs at the bottom of my cup that did it. What is the etiquette of inter-personal dunking? Does it depend on the relationship between the person with the biscuit and the person with the cup of tea? (The person who asked me was an acquaintance.) Are there people out there who don't mind and are prepared to put up with a bit of sog at the bottom of their cups for the sake of biscuit-loving, non-tea-drinking dunkers? Tricia
Jo Prendergast	Dear Nicey, A lovely picture to remind you of both the power and frailty of biscuits. Jo xxx
	Nicey replies: That made me quite reflective.
Keith O'Kane	Dear Nicey and the wife, After reading the descriptions of sop and other arcane and inappropriate uses for tea on you site, I feel compelled to let you know about my sister's dunking habits as a child. Having mastered the complexities of the rich tea and digestive, she moved on to other less appropriate dunking items, the worst of these being sausages.  Not only did the grease from the sausage float across the surface of the tea after dunking but the salt which had been liberally sprinkled on the sausages prior to dunking was dissolved in the hot liquid transforming the tea into something quite horrid and undrinkable. I would like to apologise to all those people who find the thought of this nauseating, but I thought it would give you a chance to use your new dunking icon. Keith O'Kane
Alicia Hind	Dear Nicey, I was having a browse through your splendid site when I came across the discussion of "sop". This reminded me of an intriguing use/abuse of tea that I came across while living in Hull a few years ago. It would seem that it was the habit of several of my colleagues to indulge in a great big fry up of a Sunday morning, with black pudding and fried bread - the works. They would then pour a strong cup of tea over their fry-up to act as gravy - mopping it up with peices of bread. I have been both fascinated and horrified by this tradition, and cannot quite bring myself to try it out for myself. Can any of your readers shed any light on the origins of this vile sabbath habit? Keep up the good work! Alicia
	Nicey replies: I thought the old dear soaking her Cream Crackers was bad enough. This is rapidly getting out of hand.
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